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    • Ayungin Shoal within Phl EEZ 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, October 14, 2023, on page A6)
      Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has debunked China's claims of sovereignty over some features of the West Philippine Sea, including Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Spratlys Island, and Bajo de Masinloc ...
    • Brawner calls out Chinese propaganda 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean; Garner, Jom (Daily Tribune, October 11, 2023, on page A1)
      Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Tuesday dismissed China's claim that it drove away a Philippine Navy ship from Scarborough Shoal. "It came from Beijing, right? Then that's Chinese propaganda. ...
    • China blocks Phl medical evac: PCG calls incident barbaric, inhumane 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, June 8, 2024, on page A1)
      Calling it “barbaric and inhumane behavior,” the Philippine Coast Guard slammed China’s obstruction into the country’s medical evacuation of a sick Filipino soldier from the BRP Sierra Madre (LS57) in Ayungin Shoal within ...
    • China can't make arrests in disputed sea 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, September 10, 2023, on page A2)
      China does not have the “authority or power” to conduct law enforcement operations on waters under the Philippine exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, an official of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said. ...
    • China vessels intercept PCG ships 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, July 8, 2024, on page A1)
      Two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels were intercepted by a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship and at least six maritime militia vessels near Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), an American maritime ...
    • China’s claim over Bajo has no basis — Año 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, February 1, 2024, on page A6)
      National Security Adviser Eduardo Año has emphasized that China’s persistent claims over the waters of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) have “no legal basis.” “China’s repeated claims of sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc ...
    • Chinese demand unacceptable 

      (Daily Tribune, November 29, 2021, on page A1)
      The Ayungin Shoal is a part of the Kalayaan Group of Islands - an integral part of the Philippine. It belongs to us and it is ours to protect and use for the benefit of our people.
    • DFA protests China's WPS 'harassment' 

      Villegas, Gab H. (Daily Tribune, June 1, 2022, on page A1)
      The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Tuesday that it has protested the alleged harassment by China's Coast Guard. The 'harassment' was one of the three incidents involving CCG at WPS that the United States-based ...
    • Duterte renews call for harmony in SCS 

      Blancaflor, Mj (Daily Tribune, November 28, 2021, on page A1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his call to South China Sea (SCS) claimants to adhere to the rule of law and keep stability in the waterway, saying there can be "real peace if the strong tramples on the weak." Duterte ...
    • Go to WPS, AFP tells Pinoy fishers 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean; Piatos, Tiziana Celine (Daily Tribune, September 29, 2023, on page A1)
      The Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines is eyeing an increase in Filipino fishermen going to the country's exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. AFP WesCom chief, Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, ...
    • Lead by example 

      (Daily Tribune, May 18, 2024, on page A4)
      China is losing the West Philippine Sea (WPS) argument because it is clutching at straws in justifying its destructive moves in the disputed areas with its creation of artificial islands that is being condemned by a world ...
    • No Duterte-Xi deal, Medialdea tells House 

      Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, May 22, 2024, on page A1)
      Former President Rodrigo Duterte did not make a secret deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping regarding the BRP Sierra Madre, certainly not one pledging not to repair the grounded ship which serves as a permanent military ...
    • Phl, U.S. security advisers tackle Ayungin clash 

      Kabagani, Lade Jean (Daily Tribune, June 29, 2024, on page A1)
      The national security advisers of the Philippines and the United States tackled in a phone call the recent intense confrontation between Filipino sailors and Chinese coast guardsmen at Ayungin Shoal, the National Security ...